Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is told results must improve as owners target title within five years

Liverpool owners Tom Werner and John W Henry have offered manager Roy Hodgson their qualified support but warned that results must improve.

During a 90-minute fans’ phone-in on the club’s official television channel on Monday night, Werner, appointed Liverpool’s chairman this month, insisted the Anfield board “believe in what Roy is doing” but “certainly feel like the performance has to improve”.